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French and Indian war
British fought the French & drove them out of North America. Treaty of Paris 1763 gave British all land east of Mississippi river -
Proclamation Line
Forbids the American colonists to settle west of the Appalachian Mountains. -
Stamp Act
Parliament passes The Stamp Act as a means to pay for British troops on the American frontier. Colonists violently protest the measure.. -
Quartering Act
The Quartering Act is British Parliament in the local governments of the American colonies to provide the British soldiers with any needed accommodations and housing. It also required colonists to provide food for any British soldiers in the area. 3rd Amendment -
Declaratory Act
Stated Parliament had the right to tax the colonists at anytime. Declaration by the British Parliament that accompanied the repeal of the Stamp Act. -
Townshend Act
Passed by Parliament in 1767, placed taxes on imported materials such as glass, lead, paint, paper, and tea -
Boston Massacre
March of 1770. Four workers shot by British troops stationed in Boston. Patriots label the killings "The Boston Massacre." -
Committee of Correspondence
Network of Individuals that kept people informed throughout the colonies; created after Boston Massacre. Organized by the Patriot leaders of the Thirteen Colonies -
Tea Act
lowered the tax on British Tea, making it cheaper than the non-British tea colonists smuggled. -
Boston Tea Party
December of 1773. Massachusetts patriots dressed as Mohawk Indians protest the British Tea Act by dumping crates of tea into Boston Harbor. -
Intolerable or Coercive Acts
Act where Boston is punished for their part in the Boston Tea Party. Closed Boston Harbor; closed their government offices and led to the First Continental Congress -
"Shot Heard Around the World"
fired the shot heard round the world. Refers to the first shot of the American Revolutionary War. -
Common Sense
January of 1775 . Thomas Paine's Common Sense published. Becomes an instant best seller and pushes the colonies closer to independence. -
Declaration of Independence
July 4. Thomas Jefferson's Declaration of Independence ratified by the Congress.declaration of independence is an assertion by a defined territory that it is independent and constitutes a state.
